Robert Patten: A hobby that really takes flight

Resume

ROBERT R. PATTEN
355 W. Second South #302, Rexburg, ID 83440
(208) 569-8683
pattenrobert@gmail.com

Education

Bachelor of Arts, English

Brigham Young University–Idaho

Spanish Minor
3.72 GPA

Experience

Standard Journal (newspaper in Rexburg, Idaho) July 2006 – present

News/Web editor (July 2007 – present)

Designed front page
Supervised newsroom in absence of managing editor
Helped reporters gather information for and write articles
Trained new editors
In charge of updating newspaper's Web site
Taught staff how to edit news videos

Features editor (December 2006 – July 2007)

Found and wrote material for feature pages
Supervised and motivated high school writers and artists
Paginated feature page, inside pages
Juggled editing and paginating responsibilities with part-time reporting

Reporter/photographer (July 2006 – December 2006)

Covered city and county government, schools, and emergency services
Part-time office manager at bureau

Full-time Missionary in Cherry Hill, New Jersey March 2001 – March 2003

Served in leadership positions to coordinate the efforts and develop skills of other missionaries
Taught English to Spanish-speakers

Skills

Fluent in Associated Press style
Expert in Adobe InDesign; skilled in Photoshop and Flash
Competent in digital video editing
Type 80 wpm

Awards and accomplishments

Part of newsroom that won corporation's (Pioneer Newspapers) Recognizing Excellence award (2010)

First place in Personal Column (2009), Editorial (2009) and Features Writing (2007) categories from the Utah-Idaho-Spokane Associated Press Association

Co-wrote play Skipping Christmas Eve in 2006; was performed by youth at Roxy Theater in St. Anthony, Idaho

Presented research and analysis of Shakespeare's Hamlet at the 2005 National Undergraduate Literature Conference